Hanger.



L. ROEHM.

HANGER. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12, 1900.

wanted Nov .1,1910.

UNITE sTAa ns rArENT OFFICE.

LOUIS ROEHM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HANGER.

'1'0 all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS ROEHM, a citizen of the United States of America and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved form of curtain fixture for attachment to'the side of a windowcasing or door frame without the use of nails or screws, and to provide an improved form of hanger which may be constructed entirely of sheet metal and which may be readily adjusted to suit the thickness of the part upon which it is mounted.

A specific construction for curtaln ole hangers embodying this invention is il ustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the fixture attached to a window casing. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, the window-casing being represented in section. Fig. 3 is a section on the line AA of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a detail illustrating the sheet metal strip used as the hanger or support for the curtain pole.

In the construction shown, a clamping element or ratchet-bar 1, consisting preferably of sheet metal, with notches 2 inthe top edge, engages with the edge of the window casing 3, or other supporting member, by means of a foot 4: slotted to form spaced fingers or prongs 5 and 6. These may be sharpened at their ends to insure more ready entrance behind the window-casing. The slotted construction insures admission of the foot behind the casing, even though a nail or some similar obstruction may there be present. The other member of the fixture may consist of a hanger or support 7 preferably stamped from sheet metal, and bent to the shape shown in Fig. 4. This hanger may have a tongue 8, stamped up near the middle of the strip to serve either as a retaining spring for the poles carried by the hanger or as a support for a curtain rod of small diameter. The hanger has a convolution 9 near one end, formin a spring-base having a fiat surface 10, or engagement with the front of the window-casing or other supporting member. Near this spring-base is a wing or extension 11 having a slot through which passes the ratchet-bar 1. At the other side of the hanger is a similar Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 12, 1909.

Patented Nov. 1, 1910.

Serial No. 527,662.

wing 12, serviceable if the hanger is desired for use at the other side of the window. A second convolution 13 in the han er forms a sort of bearing surface for the side of the ratchet-bar, and tends to prevent sidewise tilting of the hanger on the bar.

WVhen installing the curtain fixture on a window-casing, it is only necessary to push or drive the slotted foot 4; of the ratchet-bar under the window-casing or other supporting member, and then slip the slotted wing of the hanger over the end of the bar and push the spring base 10 firmly against the front of the wlndow-casing while simultaneously forcing the top part of the wing 11 down into a notch of the ratchet. The spring-base locks the wing in position, and insures stability of the hanger.

When the ole or oles are in position in the hanger, t e weig t of the poles and the supported curtains assist in keeping the wing in place on the ratchet-bar by pulling downward on the hanger and tending to produce movement about the lower edge of the convolution 9 as a fulcrum. Any move ment about this edge relieves somewhat the tension on the spring 10 and there is therefore no tendency toward weakening the spring through the weight of the pole supported on the hanger.

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention is herein shown and described, it will be understood that numerous details of the construction shown may be altered or omitted, Within the scope of the following claims, without departing from the spirit of this invention.

1. In a curtain fixture, the combination of a ratchet-bar, and a hanger movable on said bar and having a spring-base for engagement with a window casing.

2. In a curtain fixture, the combination of a ratchet-bar having a foot for engagement with the back of a supporting member, and a hanger engaging with said ratchet-bar, and having a spring-base normally pressing against the front of said supporting member.

3. In a curtain fixture, the combination of a ratchet-bar having a slotted foot for engagement with the back surface of. a supporting member, and a hanger having a wing engaging with said ratchet bar and also having a spring-base operative to hold said hanger in positlon on said bar.

4. In a curtain fixture, the combination with a hanger having a slotted Wing and also having a flat base for engagement With a supporting member, of a ratchet-bar pass ing through said Wing for engagement therewith to hold said hanger in position against said supporting member.

5. In a curtain fixture, the combination of a ratchet-bar and a sheet metal hanger bent in a plurality of convolutions one of which forms a spring for engagement With the supporting member, and another of which forms a bearing surface for said ratchet-bar When in place at the side of said hanger and engaging therewith.

6. In a curtain fixture, the combination of a ratchet-bar having a slotted foot for engagement With the back of a supporting member, and a hanger adapted to press against the front of said supporting member and having a Wing engaging With said ratchet-bar, said hanger havlng a convolution forming a spring for locking said Wing and bar together, and also having a second convolution forming a bearing surface for Y the side of said ratchet-bar.

7. A hanger, comprising a base, a clamp ing element having a foot adapted to coact With said base for gripping an interposed supporting member, and an adjustable ratchet connection between said hanger and element.

Signed at Chicago this 9th day of November 1909.

LOUIS ROEHM.

Witnesses EUGENE A. RUMMLER, EDWIN PHELPS. 

